The life of a traveling, reading, writing, spining and knitting shepherdess.

shearing

I feel like I need to catch up on a few odds and ends at this point. So, to start; Charlotte is still heavy with lamb. She is, however, starting to bag-up (her udders are getting large) significantly so I am hopeful that we won’t have to wait until May 31st for the arrival of …

Yesterday was a long day that actually started the night before. Well, if I’m being completely honest, it started last year at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. David Kier, a professional shearer, was there doing demos and my friend Kendra started talking to him. It is not an unusual thing for Kendra to start …

Right now I am having to get to relearn my entire flock. After shearing, all the animals look completely different. Like, I can’t tell who they are without reading their eartags. A few I can tell, of course. The boys; Herbert, Greyson, and Buddy all have horns and (now) all have bells. When we change …

Spring is usually busy, but this year is even more so than usual for me. First up, it was my brand new niece’s baptism last weekend. I decided to make her a Christening Shawl/blanket for the event. I then decided that it should really be hand-spun Shetland laceweight. With wool from Shetland of course! Well, …

This summer I have gotten the chance to attend two fiber festivals near where I live. The first was Shepherd’s Harvest which is held in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. This was the 15th year that Shepherd’s Harvest had been held and it shows. There were 3 buildings of vendors… a building of sheep and goats… and …